Pledge allegiance to the people

10:31 PM,
Sep. 22, 2013

Dennis Bentley

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Dennis
BENTLEY

According to Christopher Dixon's recent defense of the Pledge of Allegiance ("We truly are a nation 'under God'," Sept. 10), "If ('under God') is offensive, why not remove the entire pledge for fear of offending a child who is raised to hate America?"

This got me thinking, once again, about the pledge.

Allegiance means loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause. ...